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. 1995 Jan;61(1):200–204. doi: 10.1128/aem.61.1.200-204.1995

Characterization and environmental regulation of outer membrane proteins in Xenorhabdus nematophilus.

G B Leisman 1, J Waukau 1, S A Forst 1
PMCID: PMC167275  PMID: 7887602

Abstract

We have examined the production of the outer membrane proteins of the primary and secondary forms of Xenorhabdus nematophilus during exponential- and stationary-phase growth at different temperatures. The most highly expressed outer membrane protein of X. nematophilus was OpnP. The amino acid composition of OpnP was very similar to those of the porin proteins OmpF and OmpC of Escherichia coli. N-terminal amino acid sequence analysis revealed that residues 1 to 27 of the mature OpnP shared 70 and 60% sequence identities with OmpC and OmpF, respectively. These results suggest that OpnP is a major porin protein in X. nematophilus. Three additional proteins, OpnA, OpnB, and OpnS, were induced during stationary-phase growth. OpnB was present at a high level in stationary-phase cells grown at 19 to 30 degrees C and was repressed in cells grown at 34 degrees C. OpnA was optimally produced at 30 degrees C and was not present in cells grown at lower and higher temperatures. The production of OpnS was not dependent on growth temperature. In contrast, another outer membrane protein, OpnT, was strongly induced as the growth temperature was elevated from 19 to 34 degrees C. In addition, we show that the stationary-phase proteins OpnA and OpnB were not produced in secondary-form cells.

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